SB 12.9.17-18
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Please note: The synonyms, translation and purport of this verse were composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda
TEXTS 17-18
- kracin magno mahāvarte
- taralais tāḍitaḥ kvacit
- yādobhir bhakṣyate kvāpi
- svayam anyonya-ghātibhiḥ
- kvacic chokaṁ kvacin mohaṁ
- kvacid duḥkhaṁ sukhaṁ bhayam
- kvacin mṛtyum avāpnoti
- vyādhy-ādibhir utārditaḥ
SYNONYMS
kvacit — sometimes; magnaḥ — drowning; mahā-āvarte — in a great whirlpool; taralaiḥ — by the waves; tāḍitaḥ — beaten; kvacit — sometimes; yādobhiḥ — by the aquatic monsters; bhakṣyate — he was threatened with being eaten; kva api — sometimes; svayam — himself; anyonya — each other; ghātibhiḥ — attacking; kvacit — sometimes; śokam — depression; kvacit — sometimes; moham — bewilderment; kvacit — sometimes; duḥkham — misery; sukham — happiness; bhayam — fear; kvacit — sometimes; mṛtyum — death; avāpnoti — he experienced; vyādhi — by disease; ādibhiḥ — and other pains; uta — also; arditaḥ — distressed.
Translation and purport composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda
TRANSLATION
At times he was engulfed by the great whirlpools, sometimes he was beaten by the mighty waves, and at other times the aquatic monsters threatened to devour him as they attacked one another. Sometimes he felt lamentation, bewilderment, misery, happiness or fear, and at other times he experienced such terrible illness and pain that he felt himself dying.